Bow sale! something smells fishy

[Earl Jeff]

Here is a E-mail I received from someone named Seun George wanting to purchase my bow from the Trad gang classifieds. the post should be read from the bottom up since it is a e-mail reply.


  Hello,
 
I am in receipt of your details, and will make sure the payment is mailed out to you immediately. But first, I will want to let you know that an extra fees will be on the payment that will be mailed out to you, and that you will have to deduct your asking price, and then wire the rest of the money to the shipper via western union money transfer, and as soon as the shipper receives the fund, they will in return get in touch with you, and arrangement will be made on how and when the item will be picked.
 
Furthermore, If OK with the arrangement, please kindly get back to me immediately, so that the payment can be mailed out to you immediately.
 
Thanks

--- On Mon, 11/10/10, EARL J THOMAS wrote:


From: EARL J THOMAS
Subject: Re: I am interested
To: "Seun George"
Date: Monday, 11 October, 2010, 15:02


Seun, The Bow is still for sale. I would rate the bow @ a 8 1/2 out of 10. the leather grip is worn but the finish on the bow is very good. If you have any questions you can call me @ 570-294-9218. If you want the Bow my Address is.
Earl Thomas
232 E Bacon St
Pottsville, Pa 17901
I prefer Postal Money Orders. But Cashier check is ok. I will send you another e-mail with pics I cannot attach them to this one. Take Care And God Bless.
----- Original Message -----
From: Seun George
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 7:34 AM
Subject: I am interested


Hello,

 I came across your Big River HIll Style longbow 68" 57# @ 28 on the internet {www.tradgang.com), and would want to let you know that, I am very much interested in buying the item. So please, I will need you to kindly get back to me with present condition of the item and also pics of the item, and that my mode of payment is via cashier check. So, If still interested in selling the item to me, kindly get back to me, as soon as possible.
 
I await your response.
 
Best Regards
SEUN GEORGE

[K2]

I had the same thing from this person.  It is a scam.  Ken

[Grey Taylor]

Classic scam.

Guy

[buckeye_hunter]

SCAM for sure! Report it and move on....

[Terry Green]

Thanks....he registered and ran to the classifieds....red flag for sure....banned.

[JRY309]

It's a scam,I recieved the same email,twice with different names.

[Buckeye Trad Hunter]

99% of the time if the person refers to what you are selling as "the item" multiple times it's because it's a scam.  A generic email is produced and they just fill in the blank in one spot.  That way it's less work and can be sent to many victims in shorter time.  If I were going to buy your bow I would say I was interested in your bow not "the item".  A lot of people have been getting these lately.

[DennyK]

Pitiful!

[lpcjon2]

He must have confused himself with writing how he was gonna pay for it.I was confused reading it.

  I'm gonna start selling buck logs in brown bags, guaranteed to make your hunt memorable! Maybe he will buy some.  

[L82HUNT]

Hello,

seun has sent you the following message through Trad Gang.com:
--------------------
Hello,


I came across your Striker Bow 48@28 recurve, select model on the internet {www.tradgang.com), and would want to let you know that, I am very much interested in buying the item. So please, I will need you to kindly get back to me with present condition of the item and also pics of the item, and that my mode of payment is via cashier check. So, If still interested in selling the item to me, kindly get back to me, as soon as possible.

I can be reached via my email {[email protected]}

I await your response.

Best Regards
SEUN GEORGE


Didnt even have a striker bow for sale.

[frassettor]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
Thanks....he registered and ran to the classifieds....red flag for sure....banned.

Earl Jeff....Thanks for putting these kinds of things up. It gives me a heads up        

Atta Boy Terry

[cacciatore]

I hate them.I have read elsewhere they are from Africa.

[ron w]

Thank you, Thank you, thank you. He sent me an offer to  buy my Kohannah and wanted to pay with a cashiers check. I told him that I would rather have a money order and when I asked where he was from, I got no reply!!! I have done many transactions on this site and this is the first one like this......Let the buyer and the seller beware. Thanks again for the heads up!!  ron w

[cacciatore]

But Terry is been fast to pull him out of the door.

[dtarbell]

You would think these idiots could get more crafty than that,got the same response on a Titan riser I was selling.

[Dave Alaxanian]

You'd think they would come up with a better scam if their doing this for a livin!

[LoneWolf73]

Got one too on a bow I have for sale. Got a PM and responded to PM but not his email address.

[Warberg]

Hang him,,Thx Terry and for the heads up all...idiots

[kennyb]

it's a scam for sure....how about a traditional drawing and quartering? lol

[nutmeg]

Good that he is banned. Beware folks there are several others. They have been hitting the *********** pretty hard under various aliases.(nut)